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The newsletter for Saxmundham Free School | “Providing a foundation for life”
SAXMUNDHAMFREE SCHOOL
> New Student Leadership
> A world of Enrichment
> Trips & Events
> Judo at Saxmundham Free School
> Forthcoming Events
“Providing a foundation for life.”
Special Open Evening Edition
It is with great pleasure that I write to you
at the start of our third school year at
Saxmundham Free School. As a school so
much has been achieved in such a short
space of time, with an excellent Ofsted
Inspection in May and this term we have
welcomed 70 Year 7 students, we now
have over 250 students and for the first
time we have students in Year 7 to Year 11.
It really is an exciting time, yet there is still
much more to do as we use the 6Cs to
success of Community, Co-operation,
Commitment, Challenge, Confidence and
Celebration to prepare all students to
achieve their very best.
We have also launched our new school website
at www.saxmundhamfreeschool.org.uk
please have a look and tell me your
thoughts. We are also tweeting about all the
things we do at Saxmundham Free School.
Please follow us on Twitter
@SaxmundhamFS.
Headteacher’sWelcome
A glimpse insidelessons atSaxmundhamFree School
www.saxmundhamfreeschool.org.ukSaxmundham Free School,
Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham IP17 1DZ
David LeesHeadteacher
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SAXMUNDHAMFREE SCHOOL
“Providing a foundation for life.”
A Focus on our 6Cs –This time it is CelebrationEach newsletter I would like to focus on one of our 6Cs to success. For this edition I would
like to start with ‘Celebration’. At Saxmundham Free School students are expected to:
• celebrate the successes they have experienced in school and out;
• support others to be successful and celebrate when they do achieve and make progress;
• display behaviour that encourages themselves and others to strive to achieve
more success;
• have pride in the achievements of the staff, fellow students, school and wider community.
In school students are rewarded in numerous ways; this could be from
our in-house rewards system, to receiving a praise postcard or
achieving a Saxmundham Hero badge in assembly. We feel that it is
really important to recognise success and celebrate with students at
every opportunity. I hope you like the new ‘Praise Postcards’ and will
join with me in celebrating with your son / daughter. Please also keep
staff at school informed of any achievements outside of school, so
that we can celebrate this in-school.
Thank you for reading the Saxmundham Voice.
Mr D Lees
Headteacher
For the first Saxmundham Voice ofthe new school year I thought itwas really important to give you aglimpse into lessons and theexciting ways in which students arelearning at Saxmundham FreeSchool. All students now haveaccess to mobile devices to supporttheir learning. In Year 7 and 8students have an iPod touch and inYears 9, 10 and 11 students have aChromebook. These devices are anexcellent resource to supportlearning, helping to achieve theTrust vision for students to have an‘anytime, anywhere’ access to ICT.
I am pleased to introduce our student leadership team for the
coming year. These students have been
selected by their peers to represent the
school and to make a difference
through their leadership roles. Their
high profile role will see them
demonstrating the “6Cs to
Success” and being a role
model to the rest of the
students on a daily basis. Well
done to Abigail Clarkson –
Head Girl; Tommy Smith –
Head Boy; Sophia Harris –
Deputy Head Girl; George
Pastor – Deputy Head Boy and
our Prefects – Katie Lee, Aeryn
Jeffrey, Emma Green, Millie
Cartwright Jones, Sam Grooms,
Anastazia Ruffles, Jade McAllan, Natasha
Brown, Harry Thompson, Kyle Hewett,
Mollie Gates, Jorden Bagstaff, Imogen Clements,
Alex Paulley, Max King, Tyler Webster, Alice Nichols and Jordan
Skye Howe. I look forward to working with these students as
they look to fulfil their role by:
• communicating effectively with all students and adults;
• upholding the values and ethos of Saxmundham Free
School at all times;
• acting as a role model for all students;
• being an approachable person to whom students can come
for assistance or support.
New Student Leadership
Team for
Abigail Clarkson - Head GirlTommy Smith - Head Boy
George Pastor - Deputy Head Boy Sophia Harris - Deputy Head Girl
On Wednesday 8 October we invite Year 5 and 6 students from all over Suffolk to join us at our Open
Evening. This is an opportunity for parents / carers and students to experience life at Saxmundham Free
School, engage in a whole host of learning activities and to see why Ofsted gave the school outstanding for
leadership and management, and behaviour and safety, with a good judgement overall. There is also the
opportunity for parent / carers and students in Year 6 to join us on one of our
Open Days that run from 10am – 12pm on Monday 13 – 19 October 2014.
I really would urge prospective parent / carers and students to come and see the school running on a normal day and
experience a school focusing on every student achieving their potential through a culture of high academic, personal and social
expectations and aspirations.
Open Evening and OpenDays
2014/2015
A look at our EnrichmentWow! Enrichment at Saxmundham Free School has just got even better in 2014/2015. This element of the school day
provides a fantastic learning experience beyond the traditional and allows opportunities to further spark interests in
students, discover their talents and develop a love of learning for life. This term students are engaged in CCF (combined
cadets force), DoE (Duke of Edinburgh Scheme), Creating Literacy games using Top Trumps, Film Club, Dance, Young
Enterprise, Art, Sports of the World, Computer Science, Horse Riding, Grow it, Cook it, Eat it and the school production.
Offer…
Even though we are only one month into the new school
year students at Saxmundham Free School have been
involved in a whole host of trips and events. These started
on the 10 September with the GCSE Music Trip to the
Theatre Royal Norwich to see Westside Story. A fantastic
performance by the cast and a re-tweet by the show saw
the students receive a poster signed by the whole cast and
an invite to come back any time!
Students in Year 11 have also been to Minsmere and to
Framlingham Castle as part of their Geography and
History controlled assessment.
Students in Years 7 to 10 had the privilege of hearing J-Sol
sing live in the school, as part of a cyber-bullying
presentation to help make students more aware of the
internet and how to keep themselves safe.
Students in Year 7, 8 and 9 have been involved with local
primary schools as we celebrated the European Day of
Languages on 26 September 2014 and our transition
‘Bake-Off ’ day on Tuesday 30 September 2014.
Next up is our first ‘CTC’ Cross Trust Challenge as
students from all years compete against students from
Ixworth and Beccles in a whole host of competitions. The
first of these on 3 October 2014 is a poetry competition.
I will bring you the results next time…
Trips & Events
Tuesday 30 September was our first Kitchens of the
Globe for this year, when we celebrated the National
Day of Australia. An amazing array of food saw
students from all year groups and over 30 parents
enjoy a platter of Australian delights!
Please come and join us for our next Kitchens of the
Globe which is in December and focuses on Portugal.
Kitchens of the Globe
Australia
StudentFocus JudoAt Saxmundham Free School we are really
privileged to have a Judo club operating from the
school on Tuesday evenings and at weekends.
Hollesley Judo club has a large student
membership from the school with Millie, Matt,
Tom, Luke, Harry, Barney, Emma, Zac, Dylan, Aidan,
Liam, Jack and Dudley all regularly training and
competing for the club. Keith is the main instructor
and a fantastic advocate for Judo and the school,
hence the high number of students involved.
Judo is a type of martial art and the club enters
lots of competitions both locally and nationally.
The club is also very fortunate to have Sam
Dunkley, ex Great Britain international and now
British Judo Association Eastern Area Technical
Officer who works with the club. Students of all
ages, some as young as 8 years old, attend Judo and
from the pictures you can see that everyone enjoys
taking part. Thank you to Millie Cartwright-Jones
and Matt Elias for writing this article.
Forthcoming events
8 October 2014Open Evening 5:30pm – 8:30pm
9 October 2014Year 11 Geography CA
10 October 2014Year 11 Geography CA
13 October 2014Open Morning 10am onwardsall prospective parents welcomeYear 11 Geography CA
14 October 2014Open Morning 10am onwardsall prospective parents welcomeYear 10 English CAAn Inspector Calls
15 October 2014Open Morning 10am onwardsall prospective parents welcomeYear 10 English CA‘An Inspector Calls’
16 October 2014Open Morning 10am onwardsall prospective parents welcomeYear 10 English CA‘An Inspector Calls’
‘Friends of Saxmundham FreeSchool’ Meeting 5pm – 6:30pm(all welcome)
17 October 2014Open Morning 10am onwardsall prospective parents welcomeYears 7, 8, 9 and 10 –Champions' Challenge
SAXMUNDHAMFREE SCHOOL“Providing a foundation for life.”
14 November 2014Year 10 Mock Exams Week
17 November 2014National Anti-Bullying Week
18 November 2014Year 10 English CA SpokenLanguage Study
19 November 2014Year 10 English CA SpokenLanguage Study
20 November 2014Year 10 English CA SpokenLanguage Study
21 November 2014Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 –Champions' Challenge
24 November 2014Year 10 GCSE Art students toAnna Airy Exhibition
25 November 2014Year 10 Mock Exams ResultsPublished
26 November 2014Year 10 Geography Trip toThe Crystal
Key Stage 3 Science E.onEnergy Day at Snape Maltings
28 November 2014Big Sing! at Snape Maltings withthe Saxmundham Free SchoolChoir
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20 October 2014French CA week Year 10/11Post-16 Evening 4:30pm
21 October 2014CTC – Christmas CardCompetition Launched Parents’Open Forum 9:30am – 10:30am
22 October 2014Tutor Evening (Year 7 Settling-in/Underachievement) –4:15pm – 6:15pm Year 10 SkillsEvent at Trinity Park
23 October 2014Parents’ Focus Group – 5:30pm
24 October 2014Year 10 & 11 Revision DayParent /carers – helping yourson/daughter to prepare fortheir GCSE exams –4:00pm – 5:15pm
7 November 2014Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 –Champions' Challenge
10 November 2014Year 10 Mock Exams Week
11 November 2014Year 10 Mock Exams WeekRemembrance Day Events –The 100 Year Centenaryof WW1
12 November 2014Year 10 Mock Exams Week
13 November 2014Year 10 Mock Exams Week